Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-10-28

cen. Is. A. Pierce, manager of the sol
diers home at Grand Rapids, has com.
menced suit against hitney a. saunders,
who keep saloon within one mile OF the
home. Constitutionality OF law will be
ties ed.
a party of fifteen young people at Sault
ste. Marie chartered ferry boat TO take
| them TO McMahon's landing, on the Cana
ia eide. When about seven miles down
G. river John a. Fisercher. aged %, fell
overheard. lie had over 5000 on his per
son.
A Jonesville miller has Leen obliged to
protect his water wheels from cells by
means OF netting of wire. The cells
would be ground up by the bushel until
they clogsed the wheels ana it became
necessary to stop the mill to clean out the
debris.
The Quincy mining company has been
ordered to cease di-charging sand from
stamp mill into Portage lake. VIII neces-
state building new mill at cost Of 500,
| OOJ Company has surplus TO cover ex-
pense but will probably pass a dividend
or two 20 meet it,
B. IL. Lane who founde ! the village of
! Hudson in Isl, and wa, for many years
prominently identified with the place, is
dead at the advanced age Of - The town
was once ca Ell Ltne,vile and Mr.. Lane
was the first po'tma to- in the new set
/ Element on the Bean
! Two men named Bass and Fredlinghaus
have teen arrested at Republic on sus
picion of numbering Philip Kuhn, whose
body was found in kroman pit of Repub
lie mine. When last seen deceased was
drunk and is thought 10 have had consider
able money with INN.
Burglars blew open the safes in j. W.
feghner's drug store and Peter Seals
mans dry goods store at North Muskegon
and secured Sl9J in cash and a,so some
cigars, IA watch, dry goods and valuable
papers be onglng TO North Muskegon vii
lage, of which Feighner is clerk.
Act OF tie laws OF ls,1 provi les at
a board OF supervisors my purchase one
or more lots in any cemetery or burial
place to he devoted TO the purpose Of
burying deceased veterans of tue war for
the unIon. Several board are 10 be asked
! to do a. the law says they may.
There have been numerous civil cases
against Bohe milan cats operators and
now the Genesee county court IS to try IA
case in VIII ch a criminal charg. forms the
! basis of action. The defendants are A. W.
| Hammer of Npsilanti, and Morris A
| Sherwood OF Hony, and they must answer
TO a charge OF false preien,es.
a reunion of ex-prisoners Of war took
! place in Owosso on the 18th inst. The fol
lowing officers were ectel for the ensu-
/ ID ha
ca: vice pre-, ident l.. G. Mead. OVID sec
ond vice president L. j. Barnard, Ithaca;
chaplain j. =. Preston, Lyons. The next
meeting will be held at Ithaca.
Charles II. Plummer, lumberman OF
East Saginaw, offers 10 give each o, the
families of the police officers murd tred at
the almarket square IN Oh caSo 40 acres
of as good beech and maple land rs there
i in Michigan cond t.olal only on their
! occupyiny the same. lie Will also give
each lamily enou IN lumber 20 build
/ house.
While Mrs Alvin Porter Of Jackson,
was iehuug a gasoline Stove, the "a. O
/ inc exploded and IN nom nt the WON
n WIS one mas. o, flame. Neighbors
came 10 her assistance, but their effort,
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two hour later. Her little daughter wa,
badly burned in trying to help her
mother.
The university attend nee is now l,5O7,
against l,443 tor the correspond ng date
asst year, divided as follow, Literary de
/ partment, 6j4: medi al 3Oj; law, 2Jl;
! dental, lo3 pharmacy, 30; homeopathic,
vs.. The attendance will reach !, - TO date
The increase in the literary department is
! 20 pharmacy, =; dental u, AMI homeo-
pathy ,
Fred Brown boy - years of age, was
killed on the Michigan Central railroad in
/ Npsilanti the other morning while steal
ing ride On freight train. The wheels
OF a tiat car passed over his body, cutting
1t into two pieces. He had only been gone
from his home tft Ell minutes when the
news of his death was taken TO his mother
Several boys have been crippled there in
the same way
President n. G.. Cooper and Secretary
A. A. Wilbur OF the Michigan society Of
New York veterans, are engagai in get
ting up roster of all soldiers now resid-
ing in this state who enlisted in the state
! Of New York Veterans OF this descrip-
ton are requested to send their names
and addresses TO the headquarters of the
society at Sturgis.
Co. b. Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry,
which was raised in Coldwater, held its
first reunion in that city on the 18th inst
Twenty five were present. Officers were
elected as follows; President, Israel T.
Covey, Muskegon; secretary, BENZ. f.
Ralph, Coldwater; treasurer, T.. Cav
auaugh, Coldwater; executive committee
Il. =. Daniels, j. G. Dubendorf, w. S.
Joles, Coldwater.
The barn on the farm of J. Staub er, oc
cupied by j. j. Harvey Of East Saginaw
TO stable stock, burned the other night
Twenty three head of milch cows and 30
tons of hay belonging to Harvey were
burned Two hundred bushels OF wheat
and farm implements owned by Theo-
Binder were also burned. Total loss s.,
800; no insurance Harvey loss is 8, 500.
The grand lodge J. .. G.. +. of Michigan
held its 34th annual session in Ann Ar
or. The fol owing officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Chief temp ar
Ebane Saunders OF Ea,t Saginaw; coun.